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Vengeance will be had in StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
Yeah, okay Blizzard. We get it. You rule at making cinematic trailers, and this launch trailer for Heart of the Swarm reinforces that fact. This trailer also reminds me that StarCraft has an actual story, and continues Jim Raynor's and Sarah Kerrigan's freaky love plot. Sorry, it's easy to forget this game isn't just about a bunch of South Koreans winning thousands of dollars and making a living off of a videogame. Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
8:00 PM on 05.16.2013 Diablo III uses the PlayStation 4 touchpad for inventoryIn this video, Blizzard describes the work that's been gone into tweaking Diablo III for console gamers. In a strange turn of events, I feel as if every new detail we hear about the reworked title for PlayStation 3 and PS4 s...
7:30 PM on 05.13.2013 Fired StarCraft player 'Idra' talks about his releaseOn "Real Talk" with JP McDaniel, a YouTube show that interviews gaming personalities, Greg "Idra" Fields talked about the events surrounding his recent firing from Evil Geniuses' StarCraft II team. He talks about a ton ...
8:00 PM on 05.10.2013 StarCraft's biggest jerk fired for being a jerkGreg Fields, more commonly known as Idra in the StarCraft community, was let go from the Evil Geniuses StarCraft II team yesterday after some comments that were essentially the straw that broke the camel's back...
6:00 PM on 05.09.2013 Diablo III auction house exploiters are being 'audited'Let's take a quick jaunt through the recent timeline of this Diablo III "Gold-gate" crisis. First, patch 1.0.8 goes live, brought into the world as an innocent, doe-eyed update aimed at improving cooperative play. H...
4:15 PM on 05.08.2013 World of Warcraft drops 1.3 million subscribersOffering a status update on World of Warcraft during an earnings report, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick revealed that the popular MMORPG lost 1.3 million subscribers during the quarter -- "mainly from the East, but in t...
2:00 PM on 05.08.2013 Diablo III auction houses taken offline due to gold bugFollowing the release of patch 1.0.8 for Diablo III, a bug that allowed players to duplicate gold through the auction house was discovered. And, naturally, some folks ran with the exploit. The auction houses were taken offlin...
7:30 AM on 05.08.2013 Diablo III Patch 1.0.8 is now live, enhances co-opAs Blizzard outlined in the past, the new 1.0.8 update for Diablo III is multiplayer-centric, bringing enhancements like Magic and Gold find bonuses for having more players and notifications for Elite monster encounters. Ther...
3:00 PM on 05.03.2013 Meet the StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm sound teamMaybe you played StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. Maybe you enjoyed the soundtrack disc that came packed in with the collector's edition, or perhaps you simply enjoyed it in-game. With this expansion focusing on the Zerg, I ...
3:30 PM on 04.29.2013 Diablo III PS3 pre-orders include an exclusive itemBlizzard has opened up pre-orders for the PlayStation 3 version of Diablo III which is, rather strangely, starting to sound more and more like the Diablo I would've liked to have played nearly a year ago on PC and Mac. The pr...
11:30 AM on 04.26.2013 Why you need to be watching the Dreamhack Open right nowThe Dreamhack Open Stockholm is only two days and has already begun! As you can tell, the insanity is already in full swing, as commentators Apollo and Artosis are looking super professional. Ninety-six StarCraft II: Hea...
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| 7:30 PM on 05.13.2013 Fired StarCraft player 'Idra' talks about his release |

On "Real Talk" with JP McDaniel, a YouTube show that interviews gaming personalities, Greg "Idra" Fields talked about the events surrounding his recent firing from Evil Geniuses' StarCraft II team. He talks about a ton ...more
| 8:00 PM on 05.10.2013 StarCraft's biggest jerk fired for being a jerk |

Greg Fields, more commonly known as Idra in the StarCraft community, was let go from the Evil Geniuses StarCraft II team yesterday after some comments that were essentially the straw that broke the camel's back...more
| 3:00 PM on 05.03.2013 Meet the StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm sound team |

Maybe you played StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. Maybe you enjoyed the soundtrack disc that came packed in with the collector's edition, or perhaps you simply enjoyed it in-game. With this expansion focusing on the Zerg, I ...more
| 11:30 AM on 04.26.2013 Why you need to be watching the Dreamhack Open right now |

The Dreamhack Open Stockholm is only two days and has already begun! As you can tell, the insanity is already in full swing, as commentators Apollo and Artosis are looking super professional. Ninety-six StarCraft II: Hea...more
| 12:00 PM on 04.01.2013 [April Fool's] The Warhound is back in StarCraft II! |

Remember the Warhound unit from the beta of Heart of the Swarm? Originally planned as a replacement for the Thor, the Warhound was removed because they became a very strong focus of the competitive scene and were simply...more
| 12:30 PM on 03.31.2013 StarCraft celebrates its 15th birthday today |

Fifteen years ago today, on March 31, 1998, the original StarCraft launched on PC, setting in place a series of events that would lead up to the powerhouse it is now: gigantic competitive tournaments, gorgeous singleplay...more
| 12:45 PM on 03.21.2013 Heart of the Swarm sells more than 1.1M in two days |

Heart of the Swarm, the newest StarCraft II expansion, is capitalizing on the buzz surrounding its release. Blizzard announced that it sold more than 1.1 million copies in its first two days at retail. "We want to thank ...more
| 2:00 PM on 03.19.2013 Review: StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm |

It appears Blizzard's learned quite a bit from Diablo III's launch, as Heart of the Swarm was instantly playable on release with virtually no server problems -- a bit of a rarity, it seems, with recent PC releases. It's a goo...more
| 3:00 PM on 03.11.2013 Here are the international launch times for StarCraft II |

Blizzard is ready to launch the newest addition to the StarCraft II family, Heart of the Swarm, and of course millions of people will be itching to get on at the earliest possible moment. Look no further than Blizzard's offic...more
| 8:30 PM on 05.16.2013 Company of Heroes 2 announces Red Star edition for retail |
Good news for fans of the Company of Heroes 2 series as now you have a great reason to pick up the physical copy in June. Along with a snazzy steelbook, you also get a Czar's wealth of extra content. Right off the bat, player...more
| 1:30 PM on 05.09.2013 Total War: Rome II drops in September |
September 3, 2013. Commit that date to memory -- it's when Total War: Rome II releases globally. Creative Assembly is offering DLC, the Greek States Culture Pack, as incentive for pre-ordering the game. This includes Epirus,...more
| 5:00 PM on 05.05.2013 C-Wars devs authorized for 3DS, could put you in the game |
The beautifully animated, low-fi, post-apocalyptic action strategy game C-Wars has less than a week to go in its Kickstarter campaign, and sadly, it's not looking good for the game's potential to hit the Wii U or th...more


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